living organisms see Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
   Superkingdom Eukaryotae see Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925
     Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
       Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see [unranked] Eumetazoa Bütschli, 1910
         Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
           Subphylum Uniramia Snodgrass, 1935 see Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848
             Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
               Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
                 Infraclass Neoptera Martynov, 1923 - modern, wing-folding insects see Division Neoptera Martynov, 1923
                   Superorder Holometabola - holometabolans see Subdivision Endopterygota Sharp, 1899
                     Order Diptera Linnaeus, 1758 - true flies, mosquitoes, gnats
                       Suborder Brachycera Zetterstedt, 1842
                         Infraorder Cyclorrhapha Brauer, 1863 see [unranked] Cyclorrhapha
                           Series Aschiza see [unranked] Aschiza
                             Superfamily Phoroidea Newman, 1834 see Superfamily Platypezoidea Fallen, 1815
                               Family Phoridae Newman, 1835
                                 1 Subfamily Phorinae Newman, 1834
                                 2 Subfamily Metopininae Peterson, 1887
                                 3 Subfamily Aenigmatiinae
                                 4 Subfamily Thaumatoxeninae
                                 5 Subfamily Alamirinae
                                 6 Subfamily Termitoxeniinae